Means for operating wells.



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MEANS FOR OPERATING WELLS. APPLICATION IILBD AUG. 7, 190's.

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MEANS FOR OPERATING WELLS.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 7, 1903.

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UNITED STATES 1 'I Patented November 3, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

MEANS FOR OPERATINGWELLS.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent No. 743,249, dated November 3, 1903. Application filed August '7. 1903. Serial No. 168,663. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PATRICK O. CoNNoRs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Montpelier, in the county of Blackford and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Means for Operating Wells, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has relation to mechanism chiefly designed for operating a series of wells, thereby economizingin energy, cost of machinery, and maintenance of the same.

The chief intention of the present invention is to simplify the connections whereby movement is transmitted from the source of power to the difierent machines to be operated and to enhance their durability and facilitate the manipulation thereof. H

For a full description of the invention and the merits thereof and also to acquire a knowledge of the details of construction of the means for effecting the result reference is to be had to the following description an drawings hereto attached.

While the essential and characteristic features of the invention are susceptible of modification, still the preferred embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a machine or driving mechanism embodying the invention. Fig. 2 is a detail view of a set of connections between the driver and the machine to be driven, parts of the elements being in section. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the forked coupling-iron. Fig. 4 is a detail perspeetive view of the eye-coupling. Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of the hook-coupling.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the'following description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

The driver is indicated at 1 and consists, essentially, of an eccentric ring, annulus, or like part mounted upon the eccentric2, so

as to receive a gyratory-movement therefrom which imparts a reciprocating movement to the line of connectionsemployed for transmitting motion from the source of power to the several mechanisms to be operated. The eccentric 2 is secured to the shaft 3,

which in turn is provided with a drive-pub ley 4, connected by drive-belt 5 with the pulley 6 on the crank-shaft of the engine 7. The driver 1 is provided with a series of lugs 8, to which the inner ends of the line connec tions are pivotally secured. The driver may be provided with as many lugs 8 as there are machines to be driven. The bell-crank levers 9 have one member connected by rod 10 to the pump or other meohanism'to be operated and the other member connected to the driver by the means forming the subjectmatter of this application.

The line of connections comprises a forked coupling-iron 11, the eye-coupling 12, and the'hook-coupling 13. A rod 14 is connected by aswivel-joint to the coupling members 11 and 13, and a rod 15 has similar connection with the eye'coupling 12 and is pivotally connected to the vertical member of the bellcrank lever 9. The forked coupling-iron 11 is cleft at one end and embraces a lug 8, to which it is pivoted by the pin 16, the stem at the opposite end being provided with a head 17, forming a part of the swivel-joint between the parts 14 and 11. The eye-coupling 12 is provided with a loop or eye at one end, and a stem at the opposite end terminating in a head18, which forms part of the swivel connection between the parts 12 and 15. The hook 19, pendent from the eye coupling intermediateof its ends,receives the upper ends of the brace 20, which consists of a rod pivotally connected at its lower end to the frameworkof the driving mechanism and having an eye at its upper end for engage ment with the hook 19. The hook-coupling 13 is provided at one end with a head 21 and at its opposite end with a stub-hook for en gagement with the eye of the coupling 12. From the foregoing it will be understood that theseveral couplings 11, 12, and 13 are of similar construction, one end portion being provided with a head and the opposite end portion with either the fork, eye, or hook, as shown most clearly in the detail views, Figs. 3, 4, and 5. The couplings l2 and 13 may' be readily disconnected or coupled, thereby admitting of one or more of the pumps or machines being readily thrown out of action or connected with the source of power, as may be required. When the shaft .ICO

3 is rotated, the eccentric 2, keyed thereto, has a corresponding movement imparted thereto which imparts a gyratory or wabbling motion to the eccentric annulus or driver 1 and which motion imparts a reciprocating movement to the various line connections and an oscillatory movement to the respective bell-crank levers connected thereto, whereby the pump or other machinery to be operated is actuated.

Having thus described the invention, whatand connecting means between them, the same comprising cooperating hook and eye couplings, each provided at one end with a head forming part of a swivel-joint and the eye-coupling being provided intermediate of its end with a hook in a plane at a right angle to the eye, and a brace connected with the hook of said eye-coupling, substantially as described.

3. In combination, a driver, the part to be driven, a forked coupling, cooperating hook and eye couplings, a rod connecting the forked and hook coupling, a second rod connecting the eye-coupling with the part to be driven, and a brace between the eye-coupling and the framework of the machine, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

PATRICK O. OONNORS. [L. S.]

Witnesses:

JOHN C. BENNETT, B. MCMAHON. 

